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Saturday, March 26, 2011

The Acropolis, a symbol of western civilization, will be the world’s oldest landmark to turn off the lights for Earth Hour and join the global movement against climate change.

At 8:30PM local time the Parthenon, the centrepiece of the Acropolis, will turn black and join hundreds of millions people from around the globe to switch off the lights in the first global election on the future of our planet.

From Athens to Auckland, London, Sydney, New York and Singapore, we'll be joining the rest of the world today 26 March 2011 to switch off our lights.

It’s a reminder to us all that we only have one planet Earth. And it’s an urgent message that we want to reduce the impact our energy system has on that planet. Of course this one hour is symbolic, we should all be doing our utmost to reduce our energy consumption, every day, every hour, every minute...

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WORLD PHILOSOPHY DAY - QUOTABLE QUOTES

By all means marry;if you get a good wife, you'll be happy.If you get a bad one, you'll become a philosopher.

Socrates

I was really too honest a man to be a politician and live.

Socrates

I am not an Athenian or a Greek but a citizen of the world.

Diogenes

It is indeed a desirable thing to be well-descended, but the glory belongs to our ancestors.

Plutarch

By desiring little, a poor man makes himself rich.Democritus

Time for Jokes...

An Australian decided to write a book about famous churches around the world. So he bought a plane ticket and took a trip to England thinking that he would start by working his way across Europe.

On his first day he was inside a church taking photographs when he noticed a golden telephone mounted on the wall with a sign that read "$10,000.00 per call".

The Australian, being intrigued, asked a priest who was strolling by what the telephone was used for. The priest replied that it was a direct line to heaven and that for $10,000.00 you could talk to God.

The Australian thanked the priest and went on his way.

Next stop was in France. There, at a very large cathedral, he saw the same golden telephone ...